Two people in love broke up today. I’ve watched their relationship deepen through years of friendship and work, holidays and travel, pain and holding on when life hurts. They never argue. They get each other’s humor. They want the same things: family, children, a future together.

But there are separate careers ahead of them and years apart, and suddenly love doesn’t seem like enough. Rational heads have prevailed. Long-distance relationships never work. The decision is a no-brainer.

That’s the difference between our children’s generation and ours. My husband and I made a lot of mistakes, but there was one crucial decision we got right. We fell in love and made that relationship the thrust of our life. We still went for our dreams. Jobs were important, and family and friends, but our relationship? That was our keystone and we put no one and nothing before it.

Breaking up was not in our vocabulary.

It’s much harder today because our children set such high standards for themselves. Both must have careers, and neither must compromise, and it can’t be just any career, they must find and follow their passion.

Passion. They fling that word into the air like it is nothing, like it is ordinary, like it can be ascribed to a job and owned by common people. Continue reading

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Writer’s Roadhouse is that wooden table in your favorite place where you meet your friends. The cold beer, the slaps on the back, the circle of smiles as you pull out a chair and sit down. Each Tuesday you’ll find a writing topic, a question, and an open discussion on the craft and process of writing. The subjects will be pulled from a question you ask or something I’ve puzzled over myself. The idea is to gather advice and debate technique, but we won’t get far if you don’t join in.

If inspiration strikes I’ll also blog on Fridays, but these will be more about life than writing.